So of course I missed two books in my grand catch-up post of last week.
#15 Slaughterhouse - Five by Kurt Vonnegut
This is one of those books that everyone in my generation seems to have read in high school, yet somehow I didn't. I think for many it was assigned as a class read, but everyone I talked to seemed to really like the book. It seemed like it was probably past time for me to read this classic.
As promised, Slaughterhouse - Five is definitely a quick read. It's an interesting exploration of a type of time travel. I didn't fall in love with it but it's definitely a good book and deserves its status as a classic.
#16 The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
This was a reread. The first time I read it was in 1996 right after I saw the Marlon Brando & Val Kilmer movie adaptation. I was in high school and a lot of the Victorian terminology was confusing to me. Even so, I had a favorable memory of the read.
My reread was very quick and I certainly picked up on a great many more of the nuances. The Island of Dr. Moreau may be slightly more horror than it is science fiction, but it's still part of the cannon.
